The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 by Various
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gentleman to be in any way disturbed; so he seated himself upon the
bench between two aged female paupers, and most reverently did he go through the service, sharing with the ladies his book, the print of which was more favourable to their devotions than their own diminutive Liturgies. _New Monthly Magazine._ * * * * * MARQUESS OF CLEVELAND. In the Gazette of September 17, 1827, is registered the grant of the title of _Marquess of Cleveland_ to the Earl of Darlington. The noble Earl probably selected the title of "Cleveland" in consequence of his representing the extinct Dukes of Cleveland. King Charles the Second, on the 3rd of August, 1670, created his mistress, Barbara Villiers, the daughter and heiress of William, second Viscount Grandison in Ireland, and wife of Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine, Baroness Nonsuch, in the county of Surrey, Countess of Southampton, and _Duchess of Cleveland_, with remainder to two of her natural sons by the King, Charles Fitz Roy, and George Fitz Roy, who was created Duke of Northumberland in 1674, but died S.P., and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten respectively. The Duchess died in 1709, and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles, who had been before created Duke of Southampton. He had issue, three sons: William, his successor in his honours; Charles, and Henry, who both died S.P.; and three daughters, |
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